How do you use Frontbenchers in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Frontbenchers meaning
plural of frontbencher
Using Frontbenchers
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of frontbencher
- In the example corpus, frontbenchers often appears in combinations such as: frontbenchers to, labor frontbenchers, frontbenchers in.
Context around Frontbenchers
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frontbenchers
- In this selection, "frontbenchers" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, labor, senior, labour, condemned, quitting and penny stand out and add context to how "frontbenchers" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dozen frontbenchers in junior and and labour frontbenchers over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frontbenchers" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frontbenchers
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Federal government frontbenchers condemned the video. (6 words)
The backdrop is 10 Labour front-frontbenchers quitting the party last November. (12 words)
The book of essays features Labor Right "luminaries and senior current frontbenchers". (12 words)
But Sir Keir has refused to back down, urging his frontbenchers to “continue to focus relentlessly on exposing the failures” of the Tory Government in the run-up to May’s local elections. (33 words)
On Saturday, Labour frontbenchers Sir Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry appeared at a rally for the People's Vote campaign, which supports another referendum, and confirmed they would back Remain. (30 words)
Labor frontbenchers Penny Wong and Kristina Keneally passed a motion on Tuesday condemning Ms Arndt's comments about the murders of Queensland mum Hannah Clarke and her three children. (29 words)
Example sentences (17)
Blair's staff help write policy documents for Starmer's frontbenchers who have been ordered to be receptive to the former prime minister.
But Sir Keir has refused to back down, urging his frontbenchers to “continue to focus relentlessly on exposing the failures” of the Tory Government in the run-up to May’s local elections.
Federal government frontbenchers condemned the video.
At about 2pm I will call frontbenchers to make their comments and then we will move to end the debate.
A total of 56 MPs rebelled against Starmer, including eight frontbenchers to back the ’s motion for a ceasefire last November.
The backdrop is 10 Labour front-frontbenchers quitting the party last November.
Labor frontbenchers Penny Wong and Kristina Keneally passed a motion on Tuesday condemning Ms Arndt's comments about the murders of Queensland mum Hannah Clarke and her three children.
No shadow cabinet resignations are expected but sources told The Times that half a dozen frontbenchers in junior roles could quit.
The book of essays features Labor Right "luminaries and senior current frontbenchers".
Guardian Australia understands that in the left caucus, more than 10 MPs spoke forcefully against Fitzgibbon’s intervention, including the senior frontbenchers Tanya Plibersek and Catherine King.
Last night Labour accused Theresa May of failing to offer opposition 'real change or compromise' after a third day of talks between senior frontbenchers and officials on both sides.
On Saturday, Labour frontbenchers Sir Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry appeared at a rally for the People's Vote campaign, which supports another referendum, and confirmed they would back Remain.
Several Labor frontbenchers have also warned people of faith are turning against Labor, arguing freedom of religion played a role in the party's election loss in May.
Tory MPs including Dominic Grieve and Oliver Letwin are liaising with senior ministers, colleagues and Labour frontbenchers over the best tactics.
At this rate there will be only the two frontbenchers in for the next Treasury questions.
Government ministers and the leader of the Opposition and the Shadow Cabinet sit on the front rows, and are known as frontbenchers.
Liberal frontbenchers worked to build unity for the tactic in state organisations.
Common combinations with frontbenchers
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- frontbenchers to 3×
- labor frontbenchers 2×
- frontbenchers in 2×
- senior frontbenchers 2×
- labour frontbenchers 2×